The Chronicle

This week in Junior 6, the children have been busy creating autobiographical pieces of writing that try to showcase the uniqueness, individuality and strengths of each individual.  They have been multiplying and dividing fractions in Maths, as well as thinking about the order of operations.  They had fun researching the construction of the Titanic in History and sketching WW1 soldiers poised for battle in Art (as you can see from the photo of Jacob's artwork).  They also tried hard to fit in some physical activity with some fun dance moves using Kidzbop to help.  A busy week of Home Learning!

Wow, what an amazingly diverse, talented and daredevil bunch of children we have in J5L – Elsie zipping around on her quad bike, Harry zooming along on his Christmas go kart and Jasmine riding her horse!

We all know Dexter LOVES PE as can be seen in his photo. Olivia has been using her spare time to hone her drawing skills; I think you will agree that she has a talent in this area. And, Amelia has been using her hair chalks to ‘rainbow’ up her dog!  

J5R have worked enthusiastically on all of their home learning tasks this week-impressive!

In between online lessons, dog lover Hattie, has enjoyed walks and snuggles with her adorable dog, Bette Davis. Mikey has been extremely helpful and cleaned his Dad’s car. Will has been enjoying sketching this week, revealing his emerging talent. With a love of outdoors, Aaron and his sister went on a fun and MUDDY walk with Dad. Alex, a fountain of historical knowledge, wowed us with his wonderful Tudor Monarch PowerPoint and Merryn, a budding performer, has enthusiastically been singing her new musical theatre songs! On the Science front, Alfred’s remarkable potato clock runs by converting chemical energy into electrical energy, which is then used to power it. The potatoes together with the zinc and copper strips act as the battery. 

Junior 4 have embraced online learning this week like true professionals  - maybe with the odd glitch here and there! Mr Stedeford and Mrs Van Zyl must have trained them well last year because the children all knew how to behave online, camera and microphone etiquette and know when and when not to use the chat facility. However, it was great to see the children taking the time to step away from their screens and being creative with puppets!

In English and Drama, the children will be looking at fables over the next few weeks and what better way to start than putting on a performance of The Hare And The Tortoise. Children made their own puppets, used toys, crafted sets and also enlisted the help of siblings to create stunning shows of this famous story.

Well done, Junior 4, you have impressed as all!

This week Junior 3 have really immersed themselves back into remote learning and our new ‘bubbles’ within school. We have already made huge strides in our mathematics; exploring 2-digit multiplication methods and completing some super problem-solving tasks. We have also begun our exciting new history topic on the Ancient Egyptians and sketched some fantastic pharaohs.

We are so proud of everyone for the way they have risen to this challenge again and are happy to be able to share weekly news to keep our sense of class-spirit burning bright.

Junior 2 have been fantastically busy, getting to grips with the new tech and with the amazing platform that is SEESAW.

We have been sharing in Maths, exploring creative writing in English, looking at Materials in Science and finding out about the Flight to Egypt of Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus. To help us understand more about refugees, Ms Holmes is reading The Boy At The Back Of The Class with hankies at the ready.

Whilst lockdown this time has been chilly, we have headed towards the steamingly-hot Equator to familiarise ourselves with the birds, animals, trees and insects of the Rainforests of South America and Asia.

What a busy start to the Lent term Junior 1 have had!

They have immersed themselves into home learning and shown what amazing pupils they are and why we are so proud of each and every one of them. They have been creating animal facts files in English, learning about making groups and sharing in Maths and discovering what sorts of toys their grandparents played with, and comparing them to their own in our new History topic.

In Geography they have been looking at the continents of the world and which animals come from where, and then explaining the life cycle of a butterfly in Science considering how butterflies and moths are different!

Not only that, they had a chance to design and make their own snakes and ladders game with some absolutley amazing and wonderfully creative ideas.

As you can see from our lovely photos, Reception have been busy bees, embracing their home learning with plenty of enthusiasm this week! Reading and exploring Stick Man saw us drawing and labelling pictures of our favourite part of the story; identifying and matching rhyming words and re-enacting parts of the book. Great fun was had by all and we were so relieved that Stick Man finally found his way back home!

In Maths we continued investigating the different ways we can make 5 in addition to understanding what ‘altogether’ means.

Our super scientists investigated floating and sinking this week, with plenty of water being splashed around causing great hilarity!

The learning certainly never stops even when we are at home!